Militants killed more than 230 people at a mosque in North Sinai on Friday, detonating a bomb and gunning down worshippers in the deadliest such attack in Egypt’s modern history, state media and witnesses said.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations have called on President Aquino to solve the increasing number of transexuals killed in recent years. The plea was aired as LGBT groups commemorated the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) in Quezon City, lighting candles and reading poetry in memory of 100 transexual victims of murders all over the world.